Memorandum pad holder and sheet marker



Jan. 10, 1939. c. H. MANZLER MEMORANDUM PAD HOLDER AND SHEET MARKER .Filed Feb. 15, 1938 FRI-S HERE HManzl er Patented Jan. 10, 1939 UNITED STATES ?ATENT OFFICE MEMORANDUM PAD HOLDER AND SHEET MARKER 4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in memorandum pad holders and pertains particularly to an improved form of pad holder which is fashioned from a single piece of material.

,. The present invention has for its primary object to provide an improved novel type of memora-ndum pad holder which is formed from a single piece of wire like material and so designed that a pad of leaves may be easily and quickly placed H on the holder and will be maintained free to be individually turned as desired, without the use of detachable securingfidevices of any character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a bent wire holder for a group or pad of paper 15 leaves in which the body of the pad covers the ends of the wire of the holder so that the means by which the paper pad is put onto the holder is completely covered leaving only a frame portion surrounding the pad and semi-circular loops 20 which act as guides for turning the leaves of the pad and for maintaining such leaves in turned position.

Still another object of the invention is to provide in association with a pad holder, a novel means attachable to and between. two portions of the holder for engagement between leaves of a pad thereon, by which quick access may be had to a particular memorandum carrying sheet of the pad after such sheet has been covered by other sheets.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawing but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications marl: no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing- Figure 1 is a view in top plan of the device embodying the present invention, a portion being broken away to illustrate the use of a marking device.

Figure 2 is a view in longitudinal section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a view in perspective of the pad holder, per se.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the pad holder embodying the present invention is preferably formed, as shown in the perspective view, from a single piece of wire mate- ,ts rial and comprises a bottom or base frame having the two parallel side portions l which are connected by the bottom cross portion 2. These side portions i of the base frame curve inwardly at the top or head end of the frame, as indicated at 3, and each merges with one end of the verr tically disposed arch or semicircular portion i. The other side of each arch portion 4 extends down toward the surface upon which the base frame rests to join an end of a pad supporting arm 5. The other end of each arm is free as is 10 clearly shown in the perspective view and, as is shown in the longitudinal sectional view of the device, these pad supporting arms extend in spaced parallel relation longitudinally of the frame and preferably parallel with the side porr tions i, through a portion only of the length of the frame. Thus, it will be seen that the free ends of the arms 5 are'protected between the sides of the base frame of the device and that the loops or semi-circular arches l, which are joined between the legs and the inturned ends 3 of the side portions of the frame, open downwardly or toward the surface upon which the frame may rest.

A pad of paper is indicated by the numeral 5. 25 This may be a pad of blank sheets for making notes or they may be pages of a calendar or any other printed material and the sheets of this pad are provided with apertures i to receive the semicircular locps in the manner shown. The width of the pad 5 is less than that of the interior of the base frame so that the pad may be readily attached to the arches or loops l by extending the ends of the arms 5 through the apertures of the sheets and sliding the sheets upwardly until they pass around the angle between the arms and the arches whereupon the sheets may lie flat upon the arms in the manner illustrated in Figure 2.

While the sheets of the pad may rest directly upon the arms 5, it is preferred that a base sheet or board it be provided which may be of substantially the same size as the base frame of the pad holder so as to form a background for the pad. This board will, of course, have suitably spaced apertures to receive the arms 5 in the same manner as the sheets of the pad.

From the foregoing it will be readily apparent that when a pad has been placed in position upon a holder, the arms 5 will be covered and hidden from view and that as the sheets or pages of the pad are to be changed, they may be lifted and swung forwardly so that the sheets will slide around the arches l to lie upon the supporting table or desk surface extending from the top of the frame, as illustrated in Figure 2. From this arrangement, it will also be seen that if it is desired to add more sheets to the pad without removing the ones already thereon, this may be readily done by swinging the entire pad upwardly and forwardly and adding the additional sheets to the bottom of the stack.

As a means of facilitating the ready selection of a sheet bearing a particular memorandum item, there is provided an elongated marker card 8 which has a notch 9 cut in each end which is designed to receive a loop or arch 4, with the card disposed between the arches upon one of the sheets of the pad. The top edge of this card is curved forwardly so as to provide the finger engaging portion or tab II] which projects beyond the top edges of the pad sheets. Since the notches 9 are relatively wide, it will be apparent that the marker card may be readily rocked on the edge of the underlying group of pad sheets when pressure is applied to the extended portion Ill thereof and thus, it will be readily apparent that when this marker card is inserted to lie upon the top of a sheet of the pad upon which a particularly important memorandum has been made, after other sheets have been turned over to cover this particular sheet, the latter may be readily found when wanted by pressing down upon the tab I 0 so that those sheets lying on top of the marker will be lifted and can be quickly flipped over to uncover the particular sheet Wanted.

In addition to the marker being suitable for marking the place of a particular memorandum carrying sheet, it can, and possibly more often will, be used to separate recorded sheets from the remaining blank sheets and when used in this manner will enable the user to instantly and positively turn to the blank sheet section when he desires to do so.

I claim:

1. A holder for a group of sheets having apertures, comprising a base frame, a pair of substantially semi-circular arch members each joined at one end to the base frame and standing vertically in spaced parallel relation, said arch members having their other ends directed downwardly into the area defined by the base frame, and an arm extending from the said other end of each arch and adapted for extension into the apertures of the pad sheets to facilitate location of said arches in said apertures.

2. A holder for a group of sheets having apertures, comprising a base frame, a pair of substantially semi-circular arch members each joined at one end to the base frame and standing vertically in spaced parallel relation, said arch members having their other ends directed downwardly into the area defined by the base frame, and an arm extending from the said other end of each arch and adapted for extension into the apertures of the pad sheets to facilitate location of said arches in said apertures, said arms being relatively long and disposed in spaced parallel relation within the base frame and in the same plane as the base frame.

3. A holder for a pad consisting of a group of apertured sheets, comprising as a unit a wire bent to form a rectangular base frame having two opposite side portions and a connecting end portion, said side portions at the end of the frame opposite from said end portion being curved inwardly part way across the frame, a pair of upstanding arches each having one end forming an integral continuation of one inturned end of a side portion of the frame, the arches being in spaced parallel relation and in the area between the said sides of the frame, each of said arches having its other end directed downwardly into the area defined by the frame, and a relatively long arm forming an integral continuation of the other end of each arch and lying within the frame in the plane thereof.

4. A paper pad holder comprising a rectangular frame having at one end a pair of vertically arranged arch members of substantially semicircular form, said arch members being joined at one end to the frame and having their other ends directed downwardly into the area defined by the frame, a pair of arms each extending from the said other end of an arch member and lying within the plane of the frame, said arms having their other ends free for extension through apertures of a pad to facilitate locating the pad on the arches, and a marker adapted for insertion between sheets of the pad comprising an elongated member having notched ends adapted to receive said arch portions when the member is disposed transversely of the frame and between the arches, said member having one edge ex tended to form a finger tab which is adapted to project across the adjacent underlying edge of a pad whereby the marker may be rocked through the application of pressure to said tab.

CLARENCE H. MANZLER.

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